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                <p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">When constructing your Communication diagram, it is frequently necessary to re-order the sequence of Messages and to create or delete Message 'groups'. There are two dialogs that help you perform these tasks: the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Message Properties</span><span class="f_BodyText"> dialog and the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Sequence Communications</span><span class="f_BodyText"> dialog.</span></p>
<p class="p_SubHeadingL1"><span class="f_SubHeadingL1">Organize Message Groups</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">If you have several <a href="message(communication).htm">Messages</a> in the form 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, for example, but would like to start a new numbering group on, say, the third Message (that is, 1.1, 1.2, </span><span class="f_BodyText" style="font-weight: bold;">2.1</span><span class="f_BodyText">, 2.2, 2.3 ), you can change a Message in the series to a </span><span class="f_BodyText" style="font-style: italic;">Start Group</span><span class="f_BodyText"> message.</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">To reorganize </span><span class="f_BodyText" style="font-style: italic;">message groups</span><span class="f_BodyText">, follow the steps below:</span></p>
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<li value=1><span class="f_NumberedList">Double-click on a Message </span><span class="f_NumberedList" style="font-style: italic;">name</span><span class="f_NumberedList">. The </span><span class="f_UIControl">Message Properties</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> dialog displays.</span><br>
<span class="f_NumberedList">&nbsp;</span><br>
<img src="messagepropertiescom.png" width="412" height="550" border="0" alt="MessagePropertiesCom"><br>
<span class="f_NumberedList">&nbsp;</span></li>
<li value=2><span class="f_NumberedList">To make the selected Message the start of a new group, select the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Start New Group</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> checkbox.</span></li>
<li value=3><span class="f_NumberedList">If required, in the </span><span class="f_NumberedList" style="font-weight: bold;">Notes</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> field, type an explanatory note. You can format the text using the </span><span class="f_UIControl"><a href="rich_text_notes_toolbar.htm">Rich Text Notes</a> </span><span class="f_NumberedList">toolbar at the top of the field.</span></li>
<li value=4><span class="f_NumberedList">Click on the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">OK</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> button to save changes.</span></li>
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<p class="p_SubHeadingL1"><span class="f_SubHeadingL1">Sequence Messages</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">To re-order </span><span class="f_BodyText" style="font-style: italic;">messages</span><span class="f_BodyText">, follow the steps below:</span></p>
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<li value=1><span class="f_NumberedList">Either:</span></li>
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<li><span class="f_Bulletlist3">Select the</span><span class="f_MenuKeyField"> Diagram | Sequence Messages</span><span class="f_Bulletlist3"> menu option</span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist3">Click on the diagram background and select the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Sequence Communication Messages</span><span class="f_Bulletlist3"> context menu option or</span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist3">Right-click on a message and select the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Sequence Communication Messages</span><span class="f_Bulletlist3"> context menu option. </span></li>
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<p class="p_NumberedList"> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<span class="f_NumberedList">The </span><span class="f_UIControl">Communication Messages</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> dialog displays.</span><br>
<span class="f_NumberedList">&nbsp;</span><br>
<img src="sequencecollaborationmessages.png" width="443" height="384" border="0" alt="SequenceCollaborationMessages"><br>
<span class="f_NumberedList">&nbsp;</span></p>
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<li value=2><span class="f_NumberedList">Click on the Message to move, and click on the 'hand' buttons at the bottom of the dialog to move the messages up or down the sequence. Repeat until the sequence matches your requirements.</span></li>
<li value=3><span class="f_NumberedList">Click on the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">OK</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> button to save changes.</span></li>
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<td width="955" bgcolor="#f7f7ff" style="width:955px; background-color:#f7f7ff;"><p class="p_TiporNoteText"><span class="f_TiporNoteText">Communication diagrams were known as Collaboration diagrams in UML 1.4.</span></p>
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